Annual average offshore wind speed for the western Gulf of Mexico (Texas and Louisiana) at a 90 meter height.

Purpose:

Provide information on the wind resource development potential for the western Gulf of Mexico (Texas and Louisiana).

Supplemental_Information:

The annual wind speed estimates were produced by AWS Truepower for an offshore mapping project using their MesoMap system and historical weather data. This shapefile was generated from raster datasets with a 200 m spatial resolution and a projection of UTM zone 15, datum WGS 84 and then projected to Geographic Decimal Degrees, datum WGS 84.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: December, 2006

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -97.776108

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.070475

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.375624

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.954157

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: wind

Theme_Keyword: wind

Theme_Keyword: speed

Theme_Keyword: offshore

Theme_Keyword: resource

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: speed

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: offshore

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: resource

Place:

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico

Place_Keyword: Louisiana

Place_Keyword: Texas

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword: 90 m

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

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